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Author : Nolan Porterfield
Release : 2007
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 606/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jimmie Rodgers by : Nolan Porterfield
Download or read book Jimmie Rodgers written by Nolan Porterfield. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barry Mazor
Release : 2009-05-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 624/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Meeting Jimmie Rodgers by : Barry Mazor
Download or read book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers written by Barry Mazor. This book was released on 2009-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first book to explore the legacy of Jimmie Rodgers, offering a lively look at Rodgers' career, tracing his rise from working-class obscurity to the pinnacle of renown. As Mazor shows, Rodgers brought emotional clarity and a unique sense of narrative drama to every song he performed. But more than anything else, Mazor suggests, it was Rodgers' shape-shifting ability to assume many public personas--working stiff, decked-out cowboy, suave ladies' man--that connected him to a broad public and set the stage for the stars who followed.
Author : Ben Wynne
Release : 2014-10-06
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 821/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Tune by : Ben Wynne
Download or read book In Tune written by Ben Wynne. This book was released on 2014-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmie Rodgers established themselves among the most influential musicians of their era. In Tune tells the story of the parallel careers of these two pioneering recording artists -- one white, one black -- who moved beyond their humble origins to change the face of American music. At a time when segregation formed impassable lines of demarcation in most areas of southern life, music transcended racial boundaries. Jimmie Rodgers and Charley Patton drew inspiration from musical traditions on both sides of the racial divide, and their songs about hard lives, raising hell, and the hope of better days ahead spoke to white and black audiences alike. Their music reflected the era in which they lived but evoked a range of timeless human emotions. As the invention of the phonograph disseminated traditional forms of music to a wider audience, Jimmie Rodgers gained fame as the "Father of Country Music," while Patton's work eventually earned him the title "King of the Delta Blues." Patton and Rodgers both died young, leaving behind a relatively small number of recordings. Though neither remains well known to mainstream audiences, the impact of their contributions echoes in the songs of today. The first book to compare the careers of these two musicians, In Tune is a vital addition to the history of American music.
Author : Carrie Cecil Williamson Rodgers
Release : 1995
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 164/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis My Husband, Jimmie Rodgers by : Carrie Cecil Williamson Rodgers
Download or read book My Husband, Jimmie Rodgers written by Carrie Cecil Williamson Rodgers. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1935, this affectionate biography was for decades the only detailed account of the life of the "Father of Country Music." The new edition includes photographs, index, and a new, critical introduction by award-winning Rodgers biographer Nolan Porterfield. Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press
Author : Barry Mazor
Release : 2009-05-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 865/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Meeting Jimmie Rodgers by : Barry Mazor
Download or read book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers written by Barry Mazor. This book was released on 2009-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Meeting Jimmie Rodgers, the first book to explore the deep legacy of "The Singing Brakeman" from a twenty-first century perspective, Barry Mazor offers a lively look at Rodgers' career, tracing his rise from working-class obscurity to the pinnacle of renown that came with such hits as "Blue Yodel" and "In the Jailhouse Now." As Mazor shows, Rodgers brought emotional clarity and a unique sense of narrative drama to every song he performed, whether tough or sentimental, comic or sad. His wistful singing, falsetto yodels, bold flat-picking guitar style, and sometimes censorable themes--sex, crime, and other edgy topics--set him apart from most of his contemporaries. But more than anything else, Mazor suggests, it was Rodgers' shape-shifting ability to assume many public personas--working stiff, decked-out cowboy, suave ladies' man--that connected him to such a broad public and set the stage for the stars who followed him. In reconstructing this far-flung legacy, Mazor enables readers to meet Rodgers and his music anew-not as an historical figure, but as a vibrant, immediate force.
